My Carrier is changing FSC % to 97%

Well CRST has not won any honesty awards from my observations

 

That might be a bad idea to let them know ahead of time. They may retaliate by not giving you any more loads.

 

If they play like that I just pick up my toys and leave the sand box. I have done it more than once.

The way I see it I was looking for a job when I found this one and I am not afraid to find a job after this one.

They can try to play all the games they want but the thing to remember is YOU don't have to play along !

If you will not let them treat you like dirt then they wont treat you that way . You need to remember as an owner operator you do not work for any company you work WITH a company .

If I do not agree with the policies then we part ways on good terms after all they are free to run their company any way they feel is best for them and I have the same right to run my company the way I see fit.

There are thousands of trucking companies in America so I do not see any reason to put with policies that I do not agree with .

But I have been called independent and pig headed so I might be the best person to give advice to anyone that is not like minded

 

CRST cannot force you to sign their new contract. They can cancel your old one at will. CRST's flatbed division went through some changes back when I leased to them. They wanted everyone to sign new contracts with the new company name on the contract. The contracts were supposed to be identical, but I read mine anyway. Lucky that I did read it. There were some changes in compensation. I refused to sign it until they changed it back to what I originally signed. Had they not agreed to make the changes, I was prepared to hit the road. My pay was affected a few times until they realized that I didn't sign the new contract. Many did sign the new contract. My guess is that a high percentage never bothered to sit down and read the new contract and compare the two side by side.

If you don't sign the new agreement you should be prepared to go to another carrier. I see no reason for them to take anything out of the fsc. All of that money should go to the truck owner or person who pays for the fuel.

 

a letter may stop them, a class action suit will REALLY make them pay????

would it be true then, if they voided out something, the drivers can leave as well, and not be charged anything in the way of fines or hold backs??

can an o/o that has been thru this respond??

 

Call OOIDA. They filed a suit several years ago against a carrier who was charging fuel surcharges but paying their drivers a percent of the total charges. OOIDA did win the lawsuit. It is my understanding that if the fuel surcharge is separated on the invoice, 100% goes to the person purchasing the fuel. I have been known to be wrong but, this is what I remember from the lawsuit.

 

Of course, if he IS a member first.

 

This is sort of like leasing to a company with a policy of trucks no older than "x" amount of years. But let's say that you stay leased on with that company and your truck ends up being older than what their limit was at the time you leased on. They cannot force you to buy a newer truck. Something just doesn't seem right about this deal where they are forcing this driver into a new contract with a lower pay scale...

 

sleepingbear, why would you even consider any sub company of crst , do you not think they will follow suit what the parent company does.

tell ya what, come on to mercer or landstar and see how the good life is.